Fender for street-cars



(No Model.)

A. J. MASON 8: G.'G. HALE,

FENDER POR STREET GARS.

I Patented July 5, 188'?.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Erice@ ARTHUR JOHN MASON AND GEORGE O.4 HALE, OFKANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

FENDER FOR STREET-CARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 366,015, dated July 5,1887.

Application filed January 7, 1887. Serial No. 223,672. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.

Be itknown that we,AR'r1-IUR JOHN MASON and GEORGE O. HALE, citizensofthe United States, residing at Kansas City, in the State of Missouri,have'invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fenders forStreet-Cars, of which the following is a specification, reti erencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawings. y

Our invention relates to improvements in fenders for cable and otherstreet-railway cars; and it consists of the peculiar combination ofdevices and novel construction and arrangement ofthe various parts forservice, substantially as hereinafter fully described, and particularlypointed out in the claims.

The primary object of our invention is to provide an improved fender forprotecting the feet and other parts of the person of passengers andbystanders from injury by theA wheels &c., of a passing car.

A further object of our invention is to provide improved side fenderswhich are suspended from the axles of the car; to provide improved endfenders which are adapted to be carried by the side fenders, and whichwill automatically accommodate themselves to any rise and depression orchange of grade in the track; te provide the end fenders with means forpartially relieving the side fenders oftheir weight,when desired; and,inally,the

object of our invention is to provide an improved fender which shallpossess superior advantages over others of this class which haveprccceded it in points of simplicity,L strength and durability ofconstruction,and cheapness of manufacture.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate animproved fender forcars embodying our invention, Figure I is a top plan view. Fig. 2 is aside elevation showing one ofthe end fenders in the act of accommodatingitself to a change of grade in the track, and Fig. 3 is an endelevation.

Referring to the drawings, in which like letters of reference denotecorresponding parts in all the iigures, A A designate the axles of thecar,and B the wheels thereon,which are of the ordinary or any preferredclass. Although our invention is especially adapted for useon cablestreet-cars, still we do not desire to coniine ourselves to the use ofit upon any pattern or class of cars, as we are aware that it can beused'with advantage upon any kiudof street or steam cars.

Our invention consists, essentially, in two side fenders, O O', and twoend fenders, I) D', which are arranged continuously around the sides andends of thecars Vto etl'ectually protect the passengers and bystandersfrom injury, and the end fenders are so constructed and arranged thatthey will automaticallyaccommodate thelnselves to any change in thegrade ofthe track without in any manner af fecting the side fenders.These side fenders, C C', are arranged on opposite sides of the car andexterior to the wheels thereof, and they are suspended from theaxlesofthe car by any suitable or preferred mechanism, as for instance,suitable straps or bands,c,which are connected to the fenders andembrace the axles, as clearly shown in Figs. l and 2of the'drawings.-These side fenders thus depend from the axles within a suitabledistance or elevation from the ground or track to clear the same, and attheir ends they are extended or projected beyond the plane of the edgesor peripheries ofthe wheels. Both ends Ot' both fenders are extendedbeyond the peripheries of the wheels, as at c', and the upper edges ofthese extended ends of the side fenders are inclined or beveled fromtheir upper edges to the lower edges, as at c2, for a purpose to behereinafter explained.

The end fenders, D D', are arranged at Opposite ends and beneath thebody of the car, and the side walls, d, of these end fenders are inclined or bulged outwardly from their rear ends to a point near thefront outer ends of the` fenders, when the said side walls are againconverged toward each other, as at d. These end fenders are eachprovided with a vertically disposed end wall, d2, which inclinesdownwardly and forwardly, so as to ward off any object in its path. Thisinclined end wall is furthermore bent or curved at its middle, so thatthe two ends thereof lie or are arranged at an angle to each other,which further aids in warding oli' an object, and in this wall is formeda central opening, d, to accommodate the coupling between two adjoiningcars. i

The rear ends of the side walls of the end fenders are hinged orpivotally connected toA ICO i acacia and thelo'Wer edges of the saidside walls are inclined or beveled to correspond with the inclination ofthe inclined edges ofthe ends of the side fenders, so that the said endfenders will rest snugly on the side fenders. It will thus be seen thatthe side and end fenders are pivotally connected together', so thatwhile the side fenders are held in place on the axles the end fendersare free to have aflimited movement orplay in a vertical plane, and thatthe end fenders are adapted to rest upon and be carried by the sidefenders.

F F designate supporting rollers or wheels which are suitably journaledin the lower forward portion of the end fenders on opposite sides of theline drawn through the center of the fenders, and these rollers areadapted to 1 ridel upon the track when the car approaches an upgrade, sothat the end fenders are elevated above the plane of the forwardcurvededges c2 of the side fenders, and thereby automaticallyaccommodatethemselves to a change in the .grade of the track. The rollers are madeof such a width that they will ride upon the rails of a switch withoutreference to Which direction the car may be turned, as indicated in thedotted lines in Fig. l.

Check-chains G may be connected to the free end of the pivotcd endfenders to partially relieve the side fenders of the weight thereof andyet permit the end fenders to accommodate themselves to an elevation inthe track.

in contact with the track and elevate the front end of the end fendersoif theside fenders, so that the end fender is partially supported atits rear end by t-he side fenders, while the front end thereof issupported by the rollers. As the car approaches a level portion of thetrack again, the weight of the end fenders causes the same to drop orgravitate and thereby rest upon the sidefenders7 by which it is againcarried and supported.

While We deem the mechanisms and devices herein shown and describedv asbest adapted for carrying our invention into effect, still we do notdesire to confine ourselves to the exact details of construction andform and proportion of parts illustrated as an embodiment of ourinvention, but hold ourselves at liberty to make such changes 'and'alterations as fairly fall within the scope of our invention.

Our invention is exceedinglysimple,strong. and durable in construction,effective and reliable in operation, easily and readily applied to anyclass of car, and is cheap and inex pensive of manufacture.

Having thus fully described our invention, what We claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

. l. The combination of the suspended side fenders and thenoncollapsible end fenders connected directly to and carried by the sidefenders, and thereby forming a continuous guard around the sides andends of the car, the ,end fenders being pivoted to the side fenders topermit them to move vertically, sub-v 3. In a fender, the combination ofthe sidefenders suspended directly from the eXtremities ofthe axlesofthe car, and the end fendlcrs connected directly to the side fenders,

said end fenders being pivoted to be capable of a vertical `n1ovcment,and having supporting-rollers at or near the free ends thereof, whichthereby adapt the end fenders to automatically accommodate themselves toa change ofthe grade, substantially as described.

4. In a fender, the combination of the side fenders suspended `from theaxles of the car, and having thc inclined upper edges, fr, and the endfenders hinged or pivotally connected to the side fenders, and adaptedto rest upon the said inclined edges thereof, substantially asdescribed, for the purpose set forth. Y

5. In a fender, the combination of the side fenders suspended from theaxles of the car, and the end fenders pivotally connected tothe sidefenders, adapted to be carried and supported thereby, and having thelooselyjour` naled supporting-rollers in the lower portion of its freeend, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

.6. In a fender, the combinaton of the suspended side fenders and thevertically-movable end fenders pivotally connected directly to the sidefenders and normally carried thereby in an elevated position out ofcontact with the track, substantially as described.

7. In a fender, the combination of the suspended side fenders and theverticallyn1ovable -cnd fenders connected directly to the side fendersand normally carried thereby in an ele vated position out of contactwith the track, the free ends of the said end fenders havingsupportingrollers journaled therein, which are adapted to ride upon thetrack and thereby adapt the end fenders to automatically accommodatethemselves to a change of the grade, as and for the purpose described.

S. In a fender, the end fenders having the converging end walls,d, and acentral opening, d3, at the apex of said walls, asand for the purposeset forth.

In testimony whereof we affixour signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

ARTHUR JOHN MASON. GEORGE C. HALE.

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XV. A. ALDnRsoN, W. HARMON.

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